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E-mails are not sent/received

Posted by MyRainbow 
E-mails are not sent/received
November 24, 2010 10:49AM
I have installed Phorum without problems, but no e-mails are sent/received when a new topic is created or an answer has been sent. Whar can I do to ensure that e-mails are sent?
Re: E-mails are not sent/received
November 24, 2010 10:53AM
The host on which Phorum is installed must be configured correctly for sending mail from PHP. It could be that this configuration is not working.

Does a mail get sent out successfully when a new user tries to register?


Maurice Makaay
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Re: E-mails are not sent/received
November 24, 2010 11:31AM
No, it doesn't happen.
Re: E-mails are not sent/received
November 24, 2010 11:41AM
well, the maurice's comment still stands:
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The host on which Phorum is installed must be configured correctly for sending mail from PHP. It could be that this configuration is not working.


Thomas Seifert
Re: E-mails are not sent/received
November 24, 2010 01:03PM
What do you mean by saying "configured correctly "?
What is correctly?
Re: E-mails are not sent/received
November 24, 2010 03:34PM
Correct is if the server itself can send mails externally.
Is that a linux system or a windows system?
Is a mailserver installed on the system?


Thomas Seifert
Re: E-mails are not sent/received
November 24, 2010 04:51PM
And have you installed the server and Phorum on a system that you maintain yourself or are you hosting with a hosting provider? If you are hosting with a provider, then you can try contacting their support people for help (since this might very likely be a configuration issue.)


Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
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Re: E-mails are not sent/received
November 24, 2010 05:05PM
Thks. Thomas and Maurice for your response.
I am using a hosting provider one.com so I will address the questions to them.
Re: E-mails are not sent/received
November 24, 2010 05:08PM
The specific code that Phorum uses is the PHP function mail() for sending the mail message, ask them about that.

If they tell you not to use this function, but to directly use their SMTP server, then they should provide information for that server to you. This information can then be used to enable the SMTP mail module (should already be available in your installation.)


Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
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Re: E-mails are not sent/received
November 25, 2010 02:34AM
Thank you very much, I have now installed the smtp function, and it works OK.
Re: E-mails are not sent/received
November 25, 2010 05:34AM
Good to hear that you got it solved, enjoy!


Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
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